Broward's School Bus System Is A Mess

Much to the frustration of many parents -- and the unbridled glee of their kids -- the Broward County School Board overhauled their school bus routes, and now everything has gone completely nuts.

And by nuts, we mean utter and complete chaos.

On Tuesday, bus drivers from Broward crashed a school board meeting to complain about bad routes that are screwing with their schedules. Some said they didn't receive their new routes until they went into work on the first day of school this Monday.

District officials say they're working to hire more drivers and clean up the bad routes mess. But so far, the first week of school has been a clustercrap for many parents whose kids have either arrived very late to school, or were just never picked up at all.

School superintendent Robert Runcie blames all the issues on the overhaul of the bus routes, a glitch in the routing software (just unplug it... wait ten seconds... plug it back in), and the larger-than-usual number of kids needing to be taken to and from school.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO OUR JOB PICKING UP KIDS WHEN THERE ARE KIDS TO PICK UP, YOU SEE!

Some kids are being left stranded at school, while others need to be at their bus stop at the ass-crack of dawn so they don't miss their bus.

School bus union reps blame Runcie and his decision to bring in a transportation administrator from Chicago, who apparently has no idea where Broward County actually is. Okay, maybe he does, but he's certainly unfamiliar with the routes.

For now, parents and bus drivers alike have to weather the storm while they wait for things to change and smooth over. Runcie's going to have to get himself a fake mustache to wear to work. Hey, it's as good as an idea as his "there's a glitch in the computer!" story.

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Speaking of bus transportation. With high school football season starting tomorrow, how will the director handle this since individual schools do not have any buses anymore to transport players, cheerleaders and marching band students to games? Schools use to have their own buses but they have been removed. Who will pay the drivers to take the kids back and forth safely. Who will operate the bus? Will we see more overtime paid out? If you use a private bus company and how much it will cost? What about the remaining sports teams for the remainder of the school year?Can someone from this paper ask the Super Runcie and the school board this question. What is their plan of action. Come on man!